The Karma of Behaving Badly
The descent to Hell is easy; the gates stand open night and day; but to reclaim the slope, and escape to the upper air, this is labor. – Virgil
Attachment to Outcomes
Do not become attached to the things you like;
do not maintain aversion to the things you dislike.
Sorrow, fear, and bondage come from one’s likes and dislikes.
–Buddha
Recursive Traps
It is often possible to discern a structure to people’s difficulties
in which internal states and external events
continually create the conditions for the reoccurrence of each other.
–Paul Wachtel
Online Course – Suggestions Please
[twg_gpo_button] My academic training in cognitive and neural sciences along with the more expensive education earned over 3 decades of helping my clients escape the self-sabotaging traps they have created …
Self-Efficacy
[twg_gpo_button] I am a psychologist who works with those who can afford my fee. My clients tend to be impressive individuals who generally accomplish what they set out to accomplish; …
Steering Versus Drifting
For every man there exists a bait
which he cannot resist swallowing
–Friedrich Nietzsche
Problem of Immediate Gratification
No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.
–Sidonie Colette
Willpower: What it is and how to get it
[twg_gpo_button] We are each dealt a particular biology, psychological history, and current social environment. From these parts emerges a new entity—the Psyche—with attributes that did not exist before. Even the …
Will & Aiming Attention
Habits of thinking need not be forever. One of the most significant findings in psychology in the last twenty years is that individuals can choose the way they think.
-Martin Seligman
Intentional Influence of Experiential Phenomena
[twg_gpo_button] Suggestion, the use of imagination to manipulate subjective phenomena can be used to counter many addictive traps. This procedural skill requires a creative imagination and the ability to focus …